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GOO GOO DOLLS at the Coffee House Live on Sirius

MUSIC NEWS - GOO GOO DOLLS will celebrate the release of their new studio album, SOMETHING FOR THE REST OF US (out via Warner Bros Records), by performing a special show for as part of the Coffee House Live series for SIRIUS XM listeners. The show can be heard on August 31, at 3:00 PM PT on The Coffee House, SIRIUS channel 30 and XM channel 51.

The Coffee House Live special will feature the band performint songs from their newest album as well as their past hits. The special show will be broadcast live from The Troubadour, in Los Angeles, CA in front of a live audience of lucky SIRIUS XM listeners.

NPR Music To Broadcast & Webcast Newport Festivals

MUSIC NEWS - NPR Music, along with six partner radio stations around the USA, has announced plans to exclusively carry live webcasting and broadcast dozens of performances from George Wein's Newport Folk Festival and CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, to give you four days of music by some of the country's most acclaimed artists.  NPR Music and WFUV New York City (90.7 FM), FolkAlley.com (WKSU) Kent, Ohio, and mvyradio in Martha's Vineyard and Newport are covering many acts from the Folk Festival on July 31 and August 1. Performances airing will include The Avett Brothers, Andrew Bird, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Justin Townes Earle and more.  From the Jazz Festival on August 7 and 8, NPR Music with WBGO Newark, WGBH Boston and WICN New England are broadcasting and webcasting line-ups from three stages, with potential sets from Jamie Cullum, Chick Corea Freedom Band, Ahmad Jamal and Wynton Marsalis (final artists tbd).

CHRISSIE HYNDE Unveils Her New Band in Live Radio Simulcast

MUSIC NEWS-  Chrissie Hynde's new band that she's assembled with Wales musician JP Jones; JP, Chrissie and the Fairground Boys will get their radio debut this Saturday, May 1 at 1:30pm PT on KCRW (89.9fm & KCRW.com).  The show will include a performance engineered by legendary producer Bob Clearmountain at his private studio, and an interview with The Pretenders’frontwoman hosted by DJ Chris Douridas.

Chrissie met JP Jones over a year ago at a party hosted by artist Damien Hirst's wife and the duo had an immediate connection.  Chrissie says she was seduced”by his music and when she came off a tour with The Pretenders, the pair headed to Havana and wrote most of the new album, Fidelity, over the course of a week.

"It's very truthful and it's very heartwrenching. And, in fact, it's quite heartbreaking. It's not been an easy album to get through," Ms Hynde said recently. 

ZZ TOP to Play NPR's "Not My Job"

MUSIC NEWS - Billy F Gibbons and Dusty Hill,  two-thirds of ZZ Top, will be heard playing "Not My 
Job" on Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me! this weekend.  It's NPR's weekly news quiz and the guys will be asked questions about a topic about  which they know nothing. They'll be relying on hirsute intuition and life experience to get the answers right.

If you didn't know, "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" is NPR's humorous news quiz show, or as they call it - NPR without the dignity.  Heard by more than 3 million people across the country on 500+ stations each  week, with 1.5 million more people podcasting the show each month.  Each week they invite a celebrity on to play "Not My Job." 

ALICE COOPER Radio Show to Re-Air Interview with The Knack's DOUG FIEGER

MUSIC NEWS - Following the recent untimely death of The Knack's Doug Fieger,the Nights With Alice Cooper radio show has announced plans to re-broadcast an interview that Alice did with Mr Fieger.  The show first aired on August 2, 2006. 

Alice Cooper and Doug are both Detroit natives and had long shared a mutual admiration, so the encounter was especially warm.  The show will air worldwide on Monday, February 22, 2010.

For more info, visit nightswithalicecooper.com

ELVIS COSTELLO To Guest on A Praire Home Companion

MUSIC NEWS- Elvis Costello announced he will appear on A Prairie Home Companion this Thursday, February 4th.  It'll be a special, first time live Cinecast of the show, from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN. This Thursday's show will be beamed into hundreds of movie theaters around North America, and will also air in audio-only form during the A Prairie Home Companion's regular time slot this Saturday.

Elvis also has a number of Spring 2010 tour dates announced. See MNN coverage.   List of theaters broadcasting Thursday's show @ prairiehome.publicradio.org

NPR Music Streaming SXSW Events, Including SPOON Opening Nite !

MUSIC NEWS - NPR Music has today announced it will present, broadcast and webcast the opening night showcase of this years' South by Southwest Music and Media Conference (SXSW) in Austin, TX.  It will mark the third time NPR has participated, this time it will bring Spoon to headline Stubbs on Wednesday, March 17. The concert also  kicks off Spoon’s USA concert tour to support its forthcoming album, Transference. (out January 19, via Merge Records).  And, NPR Music is offering an advance stream of Transference, for your listening pleasure, one week prior to release.  Check out the new album now through January 18 as part of NPR's “Exclusive First Listen” series at npr.org/firstlisten .

NPR Music will again offer live webcasts and broadcasts of the entire showcase from Stubbs. The concert will be streamed live, podcast and archived at npr.org/sxsw, and available for broadcast on NPR Member stations across the country, including live on KUT in Austin.  NPR Music is partnering with five NPR Member stations – KUT Austin, WFUV New York, WXPN Philadelphia, KEXP Seattle and The Current from Minnesota Public Radio – to offer extensive coverage of the influential music festival on-air and online. Additional bands in the lineup at Stubbs, and NPR Music’s complete schedule of events, broadcasts and webcasts at SXSW 2010, will be announced in the coming weeks, so stay tuned ! 

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New VAMPIRE WEEKEND "Contra" Album to Get KCRW Radio Premiere

MUSIC NEWS- KCRW gets to be the first radio station to offer a stream of Vampire Weekend’s anticipated sophomore release “Contra” (out January 12 via XL Recordings) in its entirety as part of KCRW’s Album Preview series. The stream will be available at KCRW.com starting Tuesday, January 5 until January 18.  Also, KCRW’s all music, online-only stream Eclectic24 will air the full album on January 11 at 8pm PST.  Morning Becomes Eclectic host Jason Bentley will host a special live performance by the band --with a horn AND string section on Monday, January 11. Listen and watch live on air (89.9 FM) and online (KCRW.com) at 11:15am PST. 

Fitting that KCRW should get the release early, as the Santa Monica-based public radio station was one of the first supporters of Vampire Weekend, playing tracks downloaded from their MySpace page on Morning Becomes Eclectic the morning after their live debut in L.A. at the Troubadour. Support at the station grew with the official release of their self-titled debut.

Citadel Broadcasting Files for Bankruptcy

MUSIC NEWS- As had been expected, Citadel Broadcasting filed for bankruptcy protection and has turned over control of the company to its creditors.  Citadel is the third largest radio station owner in the USA, with 224 stations (165 FM stations and 58 AM stations) in 25 states.

Key NYC Rock Radio Station Off the Air November 5 thru 18th

MUSIC NEWS=  One of the NYC area's best rock/pop/folk/indie music stations, WFUV-FM (90.7 FM), is getting an upgrade and will be sporadically off the air from 8am to 4pm weekdays from Thursday, November 5 through Wednesday, November 18. Reception during those times will be limited to areas of upper Manhattan and nearby parts of Queens and New Jersey.

WFUV- FM will (hopefully) resume normal broadcasting through the evening and overnight, from 4pm to 8am on weekdays, and full time during the weekend.

During this period, you can listen to FUV shows as usual online (through these links or in the iTunes Radio Tuner under 'Eclectic'),  including their FUV Music and Alternate Side streams.

NYC's WFUV-FM Announces "FUV Live 12" Compilation

      MUSIC NEWS-  NYC's WFUV-FM has announced their latest CD release, FUV Live 12 !  And, as expected, it includes artists from a variety of genres and eras.  The station's newest compilation of exclusive live in-studio performances recorded at New York City radio station WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org) in the last year.  The release takes us accross the musical universe from Elvis Perkins to John Doe & Kathleen Edwards, Nikka Costa to The Pretenders and Raphael Saadiq to Richie Havens, the CD features 20 songs from the noncommercial station's famed Studio A.  The CD is available with WFUV membership at wfuv.org.  

"It's great to have the freedom on the radio to play French band Phoenix back-to-back with New England troubadour Ray LaMontagne or Nigerian singer-songwriter Asa," says WFUV Music Director Rita Houston.  "If we think it's great music, it has a place here. WFUV has become a destination for artists from all over the world. You can hear that freedom and passion loud and clear on FUV Live 12."

 

"Back to the Garden" and Other Woodstock 40th Anniv News

      MUSIC NEWS - On the 40th Anniverary of one of the most important music (and societal) events in history, Woodstock, NY area radio personality, Pete Fornatale (and host of the syndicated Mixed Bag Radio program) has just released his Woodstock tome, Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock published by Touchstone books (buy it below thru MNN).  An excellent read, Fornatale examines the landmark fest and brings us the true spirit through the words of some of the era's biggest musical talent.

Some other Woodstock news - Warner Home Video and Sony's Woodstock.com recently hosted a NYC event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original Woodstock and Warner's special anniversary DVD and BluRay release of the film documentary, see photos here.   Woodstock.com, is now hosting an Ultimate Woodstock 40^th Anniversary Sweepstakes.  The prize pack contains The Woodstock Experience (Limited Edition Complete CD Box Set), Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music (40th Anniversary Ultimate DVD Collector's edition), an Ang Lee autographed Taking Woodstock Poster, an autographed copy of The Road To Woodstock, and Woodstock - 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm box set from Rhino.  All you have to do to enter is sign up at Woodstock.com  

And, our friends at WFUV (90.7 FM, WFUV.org) will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music & Arts Festival with special programs & features all weekend.   The celebration continues all weekend long on the station's FUV Music web stream and HD channel, with special features and music.  The festival will also be remembered on Pete Fornatale's own show, Mixed Bag, on Saturday from 4:00-8:00 PM.  Capping off the festivities on August 16th from 8:00-11:00 AM, will be Sunday Breakfast, as host John Platt chats with Richie Havens, Joe Cocker, Country McDonald and others about their Woodstock memories.

SMOKEY ROBINSON Joins Daryl Hall on "Live from Daryl's House"

     MUSIC NEWS - It’s a historic, one-time-only collaboration between two of the pre-eminent singer/songwriters of their time, joining forces on such classics as “Sara Smile,” “Tears of a Clown” and “Ooh, Baby Baby”.  Daryl Hall’s youth was spent as being an integral part of the Sound of Philadelphia, but he had a special feeling for the music of Motown’slegendary  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer/songwriter Smokey Robinson.  Now, the two will join forces in an intimate session that can be shared by everybody on the new, 22^nd edition of Live From Daryl’s House on Saturday, August 15. 

"This truly is a highlight of my career,” said Daryl about the pairing. “Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start. "To be able to join forces on Live from Daryl’s House is a real treat.” The two performers collaborate on a nine-song set which highlights the Smokey Robinson songbook as well as including a pair of Daryl Hall penned hits in “I Can’t Go for That” and “Sara Smile.” Among the songs Daryl and Smokey tackle are Miracles classics “Tears of a Clown,” “Going to a Go-Go” and “Ooh, Baby Baby,” as well as Norah Jones’ “Don’t Know Why,” which is the first single from Robinson’s new album, Time Flies When You're Having Fun, releasingt August 25 on ROBSO Records, thru ADA Distribution, featuring special guests Joss Stone, Carlos Santana and India.Arie. Smokey was impressed with the experience: “It was absolutely fantastic working with Daryl, T-Bone, Shawn, Zev, Eliot and Everett, knowing before I even got there what top-notch musicians they were. They all proved to be better than their amazing reputations and it was a complete joy for me to work with them."

More at LiveFromDarylsHouse.com

(Photo credit:  Mark Maglio)

LES PAUL Interview Rebroadcast Tonight on "Nights with ALICE COOPER"

     MUSIC NEWS - A friendly, warm and chatty interview  by Alice Cooper with music legend Les Paul,  that was originally broadcast on the August 15, 2006 edition of Nights With Alice Cooper will be rebroadcast tonight, Friday, August 14 in tribute to late guitar legend and innovator who died yesterday. 

Nights with Alice Cooper , running now for 5+ years, is Cooper's syndicated program heard over a network of more than one hundred stations for which Alice anchors 30 hours per week of original classic rock programming. Visit NightswithAliceCooper.com for more information.

NYC's WFUV-FM Off the Air !!

     MUSIC NEWS - Don't panic !   Due to power outages the Fordham University, Bronx, NY campus, public radio station, WFUV-FM (90.7) and WFUV.org have been unable to broadcast since late this afternoon.  Dennis Elsas was on the air at the time, and was able to warn listeners of the pending outage.  As of 10:30p NY time,  this evening, they're still off the air (and missed).  No word yet when the problem will be solved.